BY DAVID P. DAVIS Hot, wet weather is driving bloom production. As we head into the late summer blooming season, the hot, wet weather is pushing plants to their genetic […]
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New Mountaineers volunteer to help keep Star City beautiful
A few areas in Star City got a little sprucing up Thursday afternoon thanks to a little help from a group of incoming freshmen at West Virginia University. “We are […]
Move-in Day
West Virginia University students will be returning to Morgantown this week. Residence hall move-in started Thursday and runs through Saturday. The first day of classes is Aug. 18. The return […]
Zoning request targeting gun stores tabled by Morgantown Planning Commission
MORGANTOWN — An effort to regulate through zoning code where guns can be sold in the city of Morgantown got its first public airing on Thursday, albeit briefly. The Morgantown […]
Is facial rec school security’s future?
Marion County announced this week that it plans to add facial recognition technology to its schools in the near future, in partnership with Rank One Computing. The idea behind the […]
Do you know what ‘fascist’ means?
by Nicholas Goldberg Americans know little history and what little they know they forget. That’s one reason we should be careful about throwing around historical allusions and parallels. Here are […]
Mooney throws down the gauntlet at Manchin’s feet
West Virginia 2nd District Republican Congressman Alex Mooney is leapfrogging his campaign for reelection in November and going right after Sen. Joe Manchin in 2024. As Josh Kraushaar of Axios […]
Mon Schools fare better than most in reading, math and science scores
COVID doesn’t grade on a curve. West Virginia State Board of Education President Paul Hardesty found that out Wednesday in Charleston, as he and his board colleagues convened for their […]
Mon sheriff retires K9 officer, brings on new canine recruits
K9 officer Azim, who has been with the Monongalia County Sheriff’s Department since 2014, retired last month with his handler Sgt. Tim Hunn. The Monongalia County Commission voted this week […]
Robert Halbritter
Judge Robert C. Halbritter, 92, passed away peacefully in his home on July 8, 2022, in the presence of his family. He was the son of the late Arden Ogden […]
